Vehicle-tire.



P. G. SEWARD.

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAP.. 2, 1911.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PEItCY G. SEWARD,..0F IIEJTERSBURG,` VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO SEWARD RUBBER TIR-E GOMPANY,I INC., OFPETERSBUBG, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION F VIRGINIA.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

Speceation of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 26, 1911. Application filed March 2, 1911. Serial No. 611,916.

the circumference of the Wheel rim proper` l To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PERCY G. SEWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of `Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inproduce a tire made u "vention, such as will enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention relates to vehicle tires, and has for its object to produce a'resilient tire having all of the qualities of a pneumatic tire, but not subject to the disadvantages incident to puncture.

Afurther object of the rinvention is to of independent resilient sections interloc ted with each. other, and inclosing a hollow space, the said sections being capable'of ready removal and replacement, and the said tire being capable of being readily detached from the wheel rim as a whole with the same facility that pneumatic ltires are now manipulated.

,-With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the novel details of con-` struction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed outJ in the claims.

Referring'to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views, Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly in section, of a portion of a tire made in accordance with my invention, and attached tothe wheel; Fig?. is asectional view of the parts shown in Fig; 1; Figa 3 is an elevationalview ofone of the tire sections detached from the tire; and Fig. 4 is a sectional `view' of al rim for securing the said tire sections together. l

1 indicates a plurality of resilient inde.-

pendent tire sections preferably made of Y into the groove 2 ofl a contiguous sectionV rubber, and provided on one of, their faces with a groove 2 and on the opposite Vface with a projection or tongue 3 adapted to fit when in place on the tire; Each of the sec-l tions is also preferably provided with holding lugs 4 adapted to ft into corresponding j grooves 5 in the rim vvhich extends around understood.

This invention di'ers from the tire disclosed in my co-pending application No.

597,963, filed December' 17, 1910, among other .'things, in that it provides a tongue and groove connection between the individual sections 1, and it also involves a wheel rim 6 which is preferably independent of the real wheel rim-10.

Of course it is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construe tion and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of iny invention, and

therefore, I do not Wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

What I claimisz- 1. A vehicle tire comprisinga plurality of l independent resilient U-shapedsections having interlocking tongue and groove connec\ tions and projecting holding lugs, a rim independent of the vehicle Wheel 'having grooves into which said lugs fit, and means.

for securing said rim and sections to the Wheel, substantially as described.

2. A vehicle tire comprising a plurality of' independent U-shaped resilient sections of face and a groove on its otherface, the 'said tongues an fitting each other and each havin a pair of holding lugs, and a rim indepen ent ,of the wheel having grooves into which said lugs lit, substantially as described.

y-In testimony whereof, I atlix my. signature, in presence oftwo witnesses.

PERCY Gr. SEWARD. Vl'f'itnesses:

T. A. WITHERsPooN, L. H; WEAVER.

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grooves of contiguous sections rrubber each provided with a tongue on one 

